In the woke la la land they can cut all automotive supply and demand but leave what remains of the fossil fuel market as logistically and financially viable.
That non viability will be paid for and subsidised by electricity prices.
Which obviously leaves the question of product/parts support for the >2024/5 Jaguar fleet.So someone hands back their £90k+ motor to the finance lender because it’s suddenly an unfixable non running ornament on the drive or soon might be.Or unsellable 3 year old PCP and lease returns valued at throwaway almost scrap value.Who do you think will pick up the tab ?.
The new Range Rover EV will be out later this year & JLR say they have already got over 42000 reservations for it without a price tag or range of the vehicle. It’s strange that 42000 are going to buy this without even seeing it as JLR have only released teaser images of it 
https://electrek.co/2024/08/23/range-rovers-first-ev-secures-over-42000-reservations/
For your project: draw a graph of the relationship between money and sense in Range Rover buyers.
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You’ve obviously never driven one to ‘get it’ and unlike you I obviously don’t do politics of envy.
My guess is the beast won’t be slow will be a riot to drive ( with the limiter switched in ) or on what remains of the autobahn and will probably be able to leave a Tesla standing but with Range Rover space and comfort.
The Ingenium 6 changed my mind on diesels maybe this could do it for EVs.
But yes charging will probably be a nightmare on a delivery run across the country.I’ll live with that.
Stellantis is following suit & shutting down ICE car production down in Europe next year to meet it’s 2025 emission targets & it’ll have to sell double the amount of EV’s than they have been doing in 2024.
IMHO it’s a mistake.
I’m not sure! UK’s September 2024 EV sales were the best on record. UK electric car sales hit record levels in September
Tesla dominated sales in Europe for all cars BEV or ICE models.
MG’s sales rise 500% in a new round of discounts even with a 38% tariff & still make a profit, They can charge way more in Europe for their BEV’s because there’s no competition unlike in China
The VAG are in the brown stuff up to their necks in China, Their once massive profits there are dwindling dramatically as Chinese buyers are buying domestic brands that are better & a fraction of the cost of the German autos flagship models.
If Legacy auto haven’t upped their electrification game, they’re basically screwed.
Or we get a government that isn’t working for the interests of Chyanar and reverses the net zero EV scam.So Euro manufacturers can do what they do best.
The only people who will profit the most from the ZEV mandates here in Blighty to the tune of $100’s of millions are the Chinese & Tesla who will sell legacy auto carbon credits. Tariffs are pretty meaningless in Europe in that respect.
I just happened upon this firm and a couple of their videos after spotting a photo of one of their finished conversions and then subsequently googled for more info.
I can only imagine every one of their customers are very ‘high net worth’!
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Jaguar’s heavily camouflaged new electric model out in the wild. It will debut on the 2nd December. Not sure why they need a long bonnet for an electric car, there’s no engine any more!
Two big electric motors inline and rwd would explain it.Hopefully.
Put all the weight over the front axle? And RWD.
Cornering would be…interesting… 
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The company has not released any pictures of the rear end, but Autocar has previously reported that one of the most shocking design elements of Jaguar’s new-era models will be the absence of a rear windscreen. Instead, there will be a digital rearview mirror, just like the Polestar 4.
50/50 weight distribution with front engine rear wheel drive, even without transaxle design, is nothing new. Maybe you missed it.Also bearing in mind the big heavy low slung battery pack between the axles way outweighing the electric motor/s up front.Its supposed to be a Jaguar not a VW Golf.
Here is an ‘oldie’ now with more weight on the front end to balance it out.
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Good point.,